Enterprise girls stake claim as section's top basketball team in media poll

Enterprise High's girls basketball left no doubt it is far ahead of everyone else in the section when it dismantled Red Bluff at home on Thursday.

The Hornets' stomping of second-ranked Red Bluff only cemented them in the top spot in the latest Northern Section Prep Basketball Media Poll, released today.

Enterprise has now been the unanimous No. 1 choice for girls basketball for eight straight weeks as voted on by media members of the Record Searchlight, Chico Enterprise-Record, Marysville Appeal-Democrat, MaxPreps and KHSL-TV. Red Bluff (76) managed to stay in the No. 2 spot despite losing to the Hornets by 20.

Chico (71) jumped ahead of Pleasant Valley (65) after the Vikings fell to Paradise last week, while Oroville (55) comes in at fifth.

Paradise's win over a previously third-ranked PV squad allowed the Bobcats to leap Shasta (35) for sixth. Anderson's five-game winning streak has lifted the Cubs (25) up a spot per week, coming in eighth. West Valley (13) dropped a spot to ninth while University Prep is making its first appearance in this season's media poll with seven points.

The boys rankings had less movement.

Enterprise remains the clear No. 1 team with all nine first-place votes and is followed by Chico (80), Foothill (68), PV (66) and Corning (54). Corning suffered its first loss of the season on the road at Foothill on Friday but held on to its No. 5 ranking.

Shasta (45) and Orland (38) come in sixth and seventh, respectively. Liberty Christian (15) lost to Chester in a shootout but held on to its No. 8 ranking, ahead of Redding Christian (11), which beat the Patriots earlier this season.

The top 10 is rounded out by Red Bluff (10), which is the sixth different team in as many weeks to come in at that spot.

Voting is done by media members from the Redding Record Searchlight, Chico Enterprise-Record, Appeal-Democrat, MaxPreps and KHSL-TV. First-place votes are in parentheses, followed by record, total voting points and last week's rankings.